If You Want To Walk On Water,
You’ve Got to
Get Out of The Boat
by John Ortberg
Preface
1.
Let the water-walking be a picture of doing with
God’s help what I could __________ ____ on ____
______.
2.
There is a consistent pattern in Scripture of what
happens in a life that God wants to ______ and
______________:
 There is always __ ________. God asks an
ordinary person to ____________ in an act of
__________________________ __________,
that of getting ______ of the ________.
 There is always ________.
 There is always ______________________.
 There is always a ________________.
 There is always a ______________ ________.
3.
Those who say ____ are changed too. They become
a little ____________, a little more _____________
to His calling, a little more likely to say ____ the
next time Whatever the decision, it always
______________ a ________ - and it changes
_____ _________ that little _______ ___________.
4.
Certainly it will go to the ________ of who ______
______ and what ______ ____.
5.
So, together in this book we are going to learn the
skills essential to “water-walking”: discerning
________ ________, transcending ________,
risking __________, managing ______________,
trusting _______.
6.
Just remember one thing: If you want to walk on
water you’ve got to ______ ______ ____ ______
________.
Preface:
I like how the author started the preface, talking about the
different walks that God has asked people to take.
I think it’s good for us to look at these walks, because sometimes
we feel that no one understands the walks with God we have
gone through. Especially those walks that make us feel that God
isn’t even with us.
I mean, just look at these walks…
 Abraham walking with his son Isaac on the road to Moriah
 Moses leading the Israelites through the Dead Sea
 Joshua’s triumphant walk around Jericho
 Jesus’ walk to the Via Dolorosa
And then the walk this book focuses on. Peter’s walk of faith.
Ladies, I know I have had some challenging walks with Jesus too.
But those walks taught me so much. To know that God is real,
and that He truly does answer prayer. And because of those
walks, I will always trust Him, even when the walk is difficult.